> (DAVE 4/11) Darrel: A question on this: they just released the fact that
> there might be an ocean, or even life on Europa - a fantastic discovery if
> this is the case. Yet we had no evidence to support this fact in the not
> too distant past. Now I can understand you not believing that it is
there,
> but this clearly shows that what you believe is not always indicative of
> what is real. Ten years ago you would have told me that you don't believe
> there is an ocean on Europa (based on your reasoning stated above). Yet
> there was (assuming this discovery is true). Your lack of belief was
simply
>
> wrong. Misguided. Could that also be true concerning your lack of belief
> in God?
Izz asks:
Dave, would you please explain how your question to Dardedar has anything to
do with the topic of this list?
(DAVe 4/12) Izz: Yes. Darrel is arguing the errancy of the Bible. In
doing so, he is arguing that the belief in the God of the Bible is
misguided. His method is to prove that I am errant in my belief system, and
that my belief in an inerrant Bible is spawned by my belief in a God which I
cannot know exists - why? because there is no evidence.
My question to Darrel is an attempt to point out that there ARE things that
exist for which we don't have evidence for, and a lack of evidence is not
necessarily correspondent with a lack of truth.
If it is possible that God does exist, then it is still possible that the
Bible is inerrant. I guess I am arguing Darrel's approach to it, as he is
arguing mine.
I hope this clarifies things.
Regards.
Dave.
"I want to live in North America in such a way that the devil would rather
have me overseas as a missionary"
- Sunder Krishnan